Worst cover versions ever

[ExArmy]

also i don't know if this counts, but theres a band on strictly come dancing that RUIN every song they cover. i can't stand to watch it, whenever it's on i'm out the room.

 

[ExArmy]

Found out somebody's murdered "All along the watchtower - Jimi Hendrix" Devlin - Watchtower ft. Ed Sheeran - YouTube

that songs been covered to death, personally i like all the covers it's just a good song no matter who's doing it. and hendrix covered it too, original was bob dylan

 

[alarm man]

i think any cover done by one of these x factor types is a joke..tho to add to the thread,good covers done by proper bands,id add these 2 to start..

Placebo - Running Up That Hill - YouTube
Placebo - Bigmouth Strikes Again - YouTube

 

[Adam W]

i remember that when it was out, didn't it get to number 1? i also remember i actually liked it too..?! don't know what i was thinking when i was 10 but just listened now and it's bloody awful.

I don't know about number 1 but it did really well. He released it around the same time as the original, to the extent Noel Gallagher's girlfriend (who he said he wrote the song for) accused him of covering Mike Flowers.

 

[timo1]

Seven nation army, ruined by that x factor contestant, why why why? The ying to that yang though is the jimmy webb version of Galveston. Totally amazing (the one off the "letters" album)

 

[jhampson1874]

How about Fall Out Boy and their cover of the one and only Michael Jackson's beat it? Some songs should just be left well alone...

 

[tidyboiler]

Killing me softly............ Fugees. AAAAAhhhhhh... makes me want to open a vein. :59:

 

[Electrician2012]

Boyzone's abominably cheesy cover of Cat Steven's "Father and Son"

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[tidyboiler]

Another one that boiled mine today........ "UB40......... I Can't help Falling in Love with You." :rifle:

 

[Fin170]

I cringed at the Jessie J version of we will rock you at the Olympics closing ceremony

 

[tidyboiler]

I think the only cover I can stand is Bryan Ferry's "Jealous Guy". He is just so cool he can do no wrong in my eyes......:cool3:

 

[shagbite]

ronan keating and some bird crucifying fairytale of new york has got to be up there. for "you scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy ------" read "you scumbag, you maggot...........you're cheap and you're haggard". shane mcgowan should have breathed right into keating's face for covering this classic. come to think of it, anything by ronan and/or boyzone will qualify for this topic.

 

[alarm man]

I think the only cover I can stand is Bryan Ferry's "Jealous Guy". He is just so cool he can do no wrong in my eyes......:cool3:

typical woman...when some hunky geordie sings it its all ok..:rolleyes4:

 

[tidyboiler]

typical woman...when some hunky geordie sings it its all ok..:rolleyes4:

And this is bad why? ................:drool5: :drunk:

 

[trev]

typical woman...when some hunky geordie sings it its all ok..:rolleyes4:

He's a wooly back though man....howay, Ferry Hill???